Head to head

interviewing.io vs Karat

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

interviewing.io

$179/session

Anonymous technical interview practice from $179 per session, plus an employer channel that only bills when candidates pass your bar.

Where interviewing.io fits

  • Engineers who want anonymous mocks with FAANG interviewers before a real loop
  • Companies that want to hire engineers who already passed live technical bars
  • Teams that care about anonymous screens to cut resume bias
  • Hiring managers who will pay only after a candidate clears their technical bar

Karat

Sales-quoted

Technical interviewing as a service: trained Interview Engineers run live engineering interviews to your bar. Quote-based.

Where Karat fits

  • Companies short on engineer-interviewers
  • High-volume technical hiring programs
  • Enterprises standardizing a technical bar
  • Teams vetting contractors and partner talent

At a glance

Detailinterviewing.ioKarat
Starting price$179/sessionSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No✓Yes
Listed underAssessments, InterviewingAssessments, Interviewing

Where they pull apart

interviewing.io

Stands out: Vendor FAQ prints mock interviews from $179, with a full refund if you are unhappy. Interviewers are screened FAANG and FAANG-adjacent engineers.

Watch out: Employer hiring is success-priced with no public rate card. Branded company-specific mocks cost more than the $179 floor.

Not the right fit for

  • TA teams that need a cheap ATS or one-way video, not live technical loops
  • Non-engineering roles where interviewing.io has no interviewer bench

Karat

Stands out: Expert interviewers run the technical interview, backed by benchmarks from 600,000-plus interviews.

Watch out: No public rate card. You buy a scoped interview program after a demo, not software by the month.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that only need a coding pad
  • Buyers who need a published price

Pros and cons

interviewing.io

  • Printed $179 session floor on the vendor FAQ, with a no-questions refund
  • Anonymous format plus FAANG-adjacent interviewer bench
  • Employer side bills only after a candidate passes your technical bar
  • Per-session cost climbs fast for branded company interviewers
  • Employer pricing is unpublished success-fee, not a seat rate
  • Scope is technical engineering loops, not general hiring

Karat

  • Interviewers included, not only software
  • Consistent bar across teams and regions
  • Benchmarks from 600,000-plus interviews
  • No public self-serve price
  • Demo required before a quote
  • Costs more than a self-run pad

What each one costs

interviewing.io

$179/session

Mock interviews start at $179 per session on the vendor FAQ, with higher rates for specific-company interviewers. A full refund is offered if you are unhappy with a session. Employer hiring is success-priced: you pay when candidates pass your technical bar, with no public seat rate. A free AI Interviewer and a peer mock exist for practice. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Karat

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Pricing is set per interview program after a demo. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

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Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 19 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?